15 free Google AI tools nobody talks about — the stack worth $300+/mo that google quietly ships for free.
no hype. honest writeups including what's free, what isn't, and the catch.
curated by @exploraX_.
- must be a Google AI product or open-source release
- must have a meaningful free tier (not just a trial)
- must be actively maintained as of 2026
- if there's a catch (regional waitlist, paid features mixed in, daily limits), it gets named in the writeup
important: "free" doesn't mean "unlimited." every tool below has caps. the writeups state them honestly so you know what you're getting.
| # | tool | category | what it replaces | catch? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pomelli | AI marketing | jasper + copy.ai + a junior brand marketer | beta — paid tiers coming |
| 2 | Stitch | AI UI designer | galileo AI + early-stage figma | regional beta |
| 3 | Opal | no-code workflow builder | n8n + zapier | US-first, experimental |
| 4 | Antigravity | agentic IDE | cursor ($20/mo) | free requests slashed to ~20/day |
| 5 | Mixboard | AI moodboard | canva + pinterest + milanote | US-only + waitlist |
| 6 | Disco | web discovery | manual tab wrangling | macOS-only + waitlist |
| 7 | NotebookLM | research assistant | notion AI + perplexity + readwise | daily caps |
| 8 | Learn Your Way | AI learning | paid tutoring | waitlist for your own PDFs |
| 9 | Flow Music | AI music studio | suno + udio ($10/mo) | age-gated, daily caps |
| 10 | Google AI Studio | vibe coder | openai playground + paid API credits | none |
| 11 | Jules | autonomous coding agent | devin + cursor agent | 15 tasks/day |
| 12 | Gemini CLI | terminal/CLI | claude code ($20/mo by default) | none |
| 13 | Code Wiki | github visualiser | mintlify + devin deepwiki | public repos only |
| 14 | Firebase Studio | backend mgmt | replit + backend dashboards | |
| 15 | Gemini Code Assist | coding extension | github copilot ($10/mo) | none |
replaces: jasper + copy.ai + a junior brand marketer url: labs.google/pomelli
point it at your website and it reverse-engineers your "Business DNA" — voice, colors, audience — then generates on-brand social posts, campaigns, and marketing images you can edit and export. built by Google Labs + DeepMind.
free tier: completely free in beta. no credit card, no generation limit, no watermark on exports. expanded from a 4-country beta to 170+ countries in march 2026.
the catch: still an experimental beta — Google has signaled paid tiers are coming once it exits beta. 18+, Google account required. and it's only as good as your website: thin site in, generic brand out.
replaces: galileo AI + early-stage figma work url: stitch.withgoogle.com
google's free figma killer. describe an interface, get production-ready HTML/CSS/Tailwind + figma export. the 2026 update added voice canvas, infinite canvas, and MCP integration with cursor.
free tier: 350 standard + 200 experimental generations per month.
the catch: still in Google Labs beta. unavailable in some countries. output quality is solid but generic — it generates from its own models, not your team's design system.
replaces: n8n + zapier (for AI mini-apps) url: opal.withgoogle.com
build no-code AI mini-apps and multi-step workflows by describing them in plain language. chain prompts, models, and an agent step into a visual pipeline, then share it on a Google-hosted link. basically a free n8n with Gemini baked in.
free tier: free with no published usage caps. app creation, the visual editor, the agent step, Gemini access, and hosted sharing are all included on a standard Google account.
the catch: rolled out US-first and still expanding. as a Labs experiment it can be reprioritized or shut down, and heavy workflows can still bump into underlying Gemini quotas even though Opal itself doesn't charge.
replaces: cursor ($20/mo) + windsurf url: antigravity.google
google's agentic IDE — the self-styled "cursor-killer." describe a feature and agents plan, edit across files, run tests, and build full apps from text prompts. free-tier users get Gemini 3 Pro, Claude Sonnet 4.5, and GPT-OSS models inside the editor.
free tier: $0, no card. unlimited tab completions and editor basics, plus a daily allowance of agent requests.
the catch: the agent allowance is the pressure point. the free daily request cap was cut hard after launch (from ~250 to ~20/day by late 2025) and Google has signaled the free offering may keep shifting. great to try, risky to build a daily workflow around until the limits settle.
replaces: canva + pinterest + milanote (moodboards) url: labs.google/mixboard
a mix of canva and pinterest where you generate and combine AI images into moodboards. start from a text prompt or a pre-filled board, drop in your own images, and edit right on the canvas with natural language, powered by the Nano Banana image model.
free tier: free while in beta.
the catch: US-only during beta with a Google Labs waitlist for wider access. the high-end models (Nano Banana Pro / Gemini 3) have daily usage limits, and premium pricing hasn't been announced yet.
replaces: manual tab wrangling + custom dashboards url: labs.google/disco
turns your open browser tabs into interactive AI apps ("GenTabs") built with Gemini 3. competitor tabs become a comparison matrix, travel tabs become an itinerary, recipe blogs become a meal planner with a shopping list — no code, just describe what you want.
free tier: free Google Labs experiment.
the catch: macOS-only and behind a waitlist right now. squarely experimental — the kind of Labs project that can change shape or get folded into something else without notice.
replaces: notion AI + perplexity + readwise url: notebooklm.google
upload sources (PDFs, websites, audio, YouTube). it summarizes, builds mind maps, generates quizzes, drafts slide decks, even turns your notes into a podcast you can listen to on a walk. genuinely changes how you research dense material.
free tier: 100 notebooks total. 50 sources per notebook. 50 chat queries/day. 3 audio overviews/day. 3 video overviews/day. 10 reports/day.
the catch: the 50-source-per-notebook cap is real. for big research projects you'll split material across notebooks. Plus tier ($7.99/mo via Google AI Plus) raises it to 300 sources if you outgrow free.
replaces: paid tutoring + generic online courses url: learnyourway.withgoogle.com
turns any topic into a personalized, AI-built course. it takes educational content and regenerates it into multiple formats — immersive text with embedded questions, audio lessons, narrated slides, mind maps, and quizzes — adapted to how you learn.
free tier: free to use, with plenty of ready-made sources to explore.
the catch: uploading your own PDFs is behind a waitlist. it's a Google Labs experiment aimed at students, so expect the usual experimental-tool uncertainty around longevity.
replaces: suno + udio ($10/mo) url: flowmusic.app
chat with an AI producer to generate full, produced songs — vocals, melody, arrangement — from a plain text prompt. runs on Google's Lyria model inside the broader Flow creative suite, with a stem splitter and an AI music-video generator (Veo) attached.
free tier: free on web and iOS. every generated track ships with full commercial rights for YouTube, podcasts, ads, and film — no extra fees.
the catch: Google sign-in + age verification to start, and generation is capped daily like the rest of the Flow suite. the heavy Veo music-video features lean on the same paid Flow / Google AI Pro allowances as regular video generation.
replaces: openai playground + paid API credits url: aistudio.google.com
web playground for gemini 3 pro and flash, and a fast "vibe coder" for prototyping MVPs and spinning up AI apps in seconds. comes with a free API key, generous rate limits, and a 1M-token context window that it actually uses.
free tier: generous daily quotas across all gemini models including pro. free API key for personal use.
the catch: the free API key has rate limits — fine for prototyping and personal projects, not for production. terms of service forbid using free-tier output to train competing models.
replaces: devin ($20/mo) + cursor agent ($20/mo) url: jules.google
assign jules a github issue. it spins up a secure cloud VM, clones your repo, writes a plan, makes the changes, opens a PR. you review the diff and merge.
free tier: 15 tasks/day, 3 concurrent tasks, runs on gemini flash.
the catch: flash isn't as strong as the pro model for complex changes. and 15 tasks/day fills up fast if you're using it seriously. pro tier ($19.99/mo) gives you 5x the limits and gemini 3.1 pro.
replaces: claude code ($20/mo by default) repo: github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli license: Apache 2.0
google's official open-source terminal agent. one command (npx @google/gemini-cli) and you've got an agent in your terminal that reads your codebase, runs shell commands, edits files, and ships PRs.
free tier: entire CLI is free. uses your free AI Studio API key.
the catch: subject to the same free API rate limits as AI Studio. for heavy daily use you may hit caps. easy fix: also wire it to a paid OpenRouter or Anthropic key as a fallback.
replaces: mintlify + manual docs + devin's deepwiki url: codewiki.google
a self-updating wiki that explains an entire codebase using Gemini. point it at any public GitHub repo and it generates structured docs, architecture/class/sequence diagrams, and a Gemini-powered chat — every section hyperlinked straight to the relevant code, and it re-generates after each commit.
free tier: free for any public GitHub repository.
the catch: public repos only. private-repo support is a separate, waitlisted Gemini CLI extension you run on your own infra. launched as a public preview in late 2025, so features are still moving.
note: some lists point "Codewiki" at
github.com/deepwiki— that's Cognition's DeepWiki, a different product. Google's tool lives at codewiki.google.
replaces: replit + backend dashboards url: firebase.studio
a visual, AI-boosted cockpit for building apps and managing backend data and cloud logic, with Gemini wired in across the workspace.
free tier: the no-cost plan allowed 3 workspaces per user (up to 10 via the Google Developer Program, 30 via Premium).
the catch:
replaces: github copilot ($10/mo) url: codeassist.google
a professional AI pair programmer that drops into VS Code, JetBrains, Cursor, and GitHub. code completion, chat, and AI-powered code reviews on your PRs — with a genuinely free individual tier, not just a trial.
free tier: free for individuals since march 2026 — 180,000 code completions/month, 240 chat requests/day, plus AI code reviews in GitHub.
the catch: the free tier is the individual plan — no team admin, policy, or enterprise controls (those are the paid Standard / Enterprise tiers). check the free-tier data-usage terms before pointing it at proprietary code.
on "free." every tool above has limits. "free" means "you can get real value without paying," not "unlimited." the writeups state the actual caps.
on availability. several Labs tools (Stitch, Opal, Mixboard, Disco, Learn Your Way) have regional waitlists or country restrictions. if a link doesn't work for you, that's why.
on stability. Google Labs experiments can get shuttered, migrated, or paywalled with little notice — Firebase Studio is the cautionary tale here. this list is accurate as of mid-2026 — check each tool's current status before building a workflow around it.
on the replacements. these don't always match the polish of their paid counterparts. NotebookLM's free tier won't replace a paid Notion AI workspace for a team. Jules' free tier won't replace Devin for a production codebase. these are starting points, not endpoints.
see also open-source-vs-saas — 10 open-source github repos that replace major paid SaaS tools.
found a free Google AI tool that belongs here? open a PR with:
- official google URL
- what's actually free vs paid
- the honest catch
no submissions accepted without an honest "catch" section. that's the whole point.
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the individual tools listed are owned by Google. see each tool's terms of service for usage details.